2) If you’re looking for a turnkey solution to convert your direct-gas-impingement AR-15/M16 carbine or subcarbine into a piston/op-rod-driven carbine, you might want to check out the…

Ares Defense Systems, Inc. (ADS) GSR-35 Black Lightning drop-in "Gas System Retrofit" kit. While we don’t know how well the GSR-35 handles extensive full-auto fire, we’ve been told that it can handle semi-auto fire with no problem. However, we haven’t tested the unit ourselves, yet.

4) Surefire has a real mother of a high-output combat weapons light / combat illuminator called the Surefire Hellfighter Target Illuminator, which is designed to mount to a M2HB .50 BMG machine gun or M44 Minigun/Gatling gun. The Surefire Hellfighter pumps out 3,000 lumens from its compact 8-inch (8") envelope. Its beam can illuminate a target over 800 meters away, and cover an area of approx. 120 meters wide at that distance. This makes it fairly easy for the operator to effectively track moving enemy targets. The Hellfighter can be operated in handheld fashion and is available with an IR filter for low-profile / low-observable operations. Power is supplied via vehicle cigarette lighter or two 5590 military batteries, the latter providing up to 8 hours of operation.

5) Surefire, also has some other goodies worth mentioning. First up is the SureFire X300 LED WeaponLight tactical white light, which is the next logical step from the SureFire X200. Slightly longer than the X200, the X300 is the usual Surefire-rugged. It’s also reportedly waterproof (i.e. highly water-resistant) to 22 meters via O-ring seals and gaskets. Sporting a tempered Pyrex anti-reflective window (to protect the LED) and Total Internal Reflection (TIR) lens, the SureFire X300 produces 110 lumens to blind your adversary in a fight. Oh, and its proprietary Rail-Lock system allows the operator to attach the X300 LED WeaponLight to both Universal and Mil-Std-1913 "Picatinny" rails.

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